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added,and as much Cerufc as is fufficient for a linament.wherewith tV ht» m ;n. 7 * 



muft be annoinced oucr night. a ° C Dlemi ^d or f pottcd ^ 



^ The hiefeftmme of that hath hcenefaidof the Vine 



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THe juyce of the greene ieaues, branches, and tendrels of the Vine drunk ™ ;* „ j r 

 that vomit and fpit bloud.for the bloudy flix.and for women with child that 8 tbofe 



The kernell within the^rapes boiled in water and drunke hath the fame effed VOrnit °uera»uch. 



Wine moderately drunke profiteth much. and maketh onnA A;„-a:~- L *. . . 

 ftempercth them that drinke it ieldome. 



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White wine is good to be drunke before meat ; it preferueth the body.and oiercrrl, „„• 1 , 

 the bladder : but vpon a full fiomacke it rather maketh opxlations o/ffin^M * 

 iftlvdriue downe meate before Nature hath of h M frlfi-H j^a«i :. lu W" 1 S s > b€ «ufeitd (l ] 



lwiftly driue downe meate before Nature hath of her felfedigefted it 



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body 



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heateth aboue nature,and hurteth the head. 



Red wine flops the belly.corrupteth the bloud,breedeth the ftone,is hurtfull to old dcodI, W 



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ncflco c thebody. 



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Sacke or Spanifh wine hath been vfed of alongtime to be drunke after meat, to caufe the 



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to be drunke before meat. 



Likewife Malmfey,MuskadeII,Bafiard,and fuch like fweet wines haue been vfed before meat, to 

 comfort the cold and weakeftomacke,efpecially being taken failing: but exp ' 

 that Sacke drunke in ftead thereof is much better, and warmeth more effectually. 



Almighty God for the comfort of mankinde ordained Wine 5 but decked withall, That it 

 fhould be moderately taken.for fo it is wholfome and comfortable.-but when raeafore is turned* 

 to exceffe, itbecommeth vnwbolefome, and a poyfon moft venomous, relaxing the finewes,orm. 

 ging with it the palfey and falling ficknefle :to-thofe of a middle age it bring, th hot feuersirenfie 

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to be giuen to drunkards it is euident j for though they be mights men, yet it maketb them moo- 

 fters,and worfe than brute beafts. Finally in a word to conclude j this excefliue drinking of Wioe 

 difhonoreth Noblemen, beggereth the poore, and more haue beene deftroied by forfeiting there- 

 with,than by the fword. 



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hap. 314. Of Hops. 



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HTHere bee two forts of Hops : one the manured or the Garden Hop j the other wildc oroftfc 

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J_ other things vpon which it climeth. It bringeth forth very long ftalkes, roug 

 hairie 5 alfo rugged Ieaues broad like thofe of the Vine, or rathei of Bryony, t> J^ 



<J>ranches,puffed vp 5 fet as it were with fcales like little canes.or fcaled Pine apples,of awm 

 lourtendingtoyellownefTejftrongoffmellrthe roots are (lender, and diuerfly folded one 



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The wilde Hop d iffereth not from the manured Hop in forme or fafh ion, but is aj^ e fuc j, 



ftore of floures. 



fhoots 



bring fo 



^t The Place. 



The Hop Joyeth in « fat and ftuitfiill pound : it profperetb the better by rnanun*g 

 g row .f * a^ong b l*V>* a & *ornes about the borders of fields,! meane the wilde fc"w 



. alfo it 



